jamie
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Post by jamie on Jul 16, 2019 18:53:15 GMT
Did they actually vote this way in the end? Secret ballot. Did any of them publicly change their mind last minute like some parties elsewhere seem to have? |
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Jack
Reform Party
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Post by Jack on Jul 16, 2019 19:00:00 GMT
UK party backing on today's vote For Lib Dems Labour SNP Against Brexit Party Green Party Conservative Party DUP Sinn Fein Did they actually vote this way in the end? There's a rumour going around that the Conservative MEPs ended up voting for her. |
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 16, 2019 19:08:34 GMT
She's a reasonably safe, no-change option
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andrea
Non-Aligned
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Post by andrea on Jul 16, 2019 20:17:49 GMT
5 Star Movement voted for UvdL in the end. Lega say they voted against.
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Tony Otim
Green
Suffering from Brexistential Despair
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 16, 2019 22:20:33 GMT
MaltaAnd at the very end of the list comes Malta, with 6 MEPs. 2014 Results: | PL (Labour) | (S&D) | 53.4% | 3 seats | | PN (Nationalist Party) | (EPP) | 40.0% | 3 seats |
All polls indicate that there has been enough of a shift towards PL for them to gain 1 seat from PN for a 4-2 split. Nobody else will get a sniff of a chance with Democratic Alternative (G-EFA) still bobbling around the 3% mark like 5 years ago. | PL | (S&D) | 54.3% | +0.9% | 4 seats | +1 | | PN | (EPP) | 37.9% | -2.1% | 2 seats | -1 |
Pretty much as expected then. Third place went to Imperium Europa with 3%. |
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Tony Otim
Green
Suffering from Brexistential Despair
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 16, 2019 22:21:07 GMT
And that is me finally finished with this.
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Jul 16, 2019 22:22:04 GMT
And that is me finally finished with this. Fine job, well done. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 16, 2019 23:24:57 GMT
She's a reasonably safe, no-change option Damning with very faint praise there, Mike. Well, I say praise. |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 16, 2019 23:33:30 GMT
Did they actually vote this way in the end? Secret ballot. How very EU or them |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 16, 2019 23:36:00 GMT
UK party backing on today's vote For Lib Dems Labour SNP What on earth do either of those parties see in her? Brexit derangement syndrome’s latest symptom. UK leftists, liberals and nats support German CDU Catholic |
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Khunanup
Lib Dem
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats
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Post by Khunanup on Jul 16, 2019 23:39:58 GMT
#ConservativeLeadershipContest Just for transparent comparison... |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 16, 2019 23:48:47 GMT
#ConservativeLeadershipContest Just for transparent comparison... I am not a conservative party supporter or defender #LowBar |
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Khunanup
Lib Dem
Portsmouth Liberal Democrats
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Post by Khunanup on Jul 17, 2019 0:02:20 GMT
#ConservativeLeadershipContest Just for transparent comparison... I am not a conservative party supporter or defender #LowBar Point missed entirely. But, how does your party (or mine) select their leader? How is the Speaker of the House selected? How are officials of our government elected? In other words, what on earth are you trying to compare this election with to insinuate that a secret ballot is anything other than what you would expect? |
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Post by Antiochian on Jul 17, 2019 8:06:20 GMT
What on earth do either of those parties see in her? Brexit derangement syndrome’s latest symptom. UK leftists, liberals and nats support German CDU Catholic Ideological bankruptcy, anyone? |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 17, 2019 8:18:50 GMT
I am not a conservative party supporter or defender #LowBar Point missed entirely. But, how does your party (or mine) select their leader? How is the Speaker of the House selected? How are officials of our government elected? In other words, what on earth are you trying to compare this election with to insinuate that a secret ballot is anything other than what you would expect? The election of speaker does well to be taken out of the whips hands. The election of the EU commission president is perhaps the most/only important thing an mep will do, and as on any policy matter their constituent have a right to know how they voted. But there's a word for the comparisons you are drawing here: whataboutery |
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Richard Allen
Banned
Four time loser in VUKPOTY finals
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Post by Richard Allen on Jul 17, 2019 8:50:28 GMT
Well it turns out that when it comes to EU politics this forum is just as clueless as the British political establishment has been for the last 40 years.
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Post by yellowperil on Jul 17, 2019 9:03:01 GMT
Brexit derangement syndrome’s latest symptom. UK leftists, liberals and nats support German CDU Catholic Ideological bankruptcy, anyone? I can understand objections to the lady on the basis of her personal competence or the specifics of her campaign for the Commission presidency ( I certainly have reservations myself), but I worry about an objection on the basis that she is German, Catholic or Conservative. Surely we should not be objecting on grounds of nationality, religion or party,or what is the point?That's where the ideological bankruptcy comes in. |
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andrea
Non-Aligned
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Post by andrea on Jul 21, 2019 22:17:53 GMT
Beata Szydlo (Poland, Law and Justice) rejected again tonight as Chair of Employment committee: 34 to 19 votes with 2 abstentions. Third time lucky... ECR proposed Lucia Nicholsonová (Slovakia, Freedom and Solidarity) this time. She won the vote 38 to 14 with 3 abstention. 1st Vice Chair: Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (Social Democrats, Lithuania) 2nd Vice Chair: Sandra Pereira (Communist Party, Portugal) 3rd Vice Chair: Tomáš Zdechovský (Czech Republic, Christian and Democratic Union) 4th Vice Chair: Katrin Langensiepen (Greens, Germany) |
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andrea
Non-Aligned
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Post by andrea on Jul 23, 2019 21:22:18 GMT
Some more vice-chairs filled today
Committee on Regional Development
2nd Vice Chair is Cristian Ghinea (Romania, USR-PLUS-Renew Europe) unopposed
3rd Vice Chair is Dragoș Benea (Romania, Social Democrats) unopposed
4th Vice Chair is Isabel Benjumea (Spain, People's Party) 26 yes 8 no 7 abstantions
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Third Vice Chair: Mazaly Aguilar (Spain, Vox) beats Clara Aguilera (Spain, PS) 27 to 20
Fourth Vice Chair: Elsi Katainen (Finland, Centre PartyI) beats Maxette Pirbakas (ID, FR) 29 to 9 votes
Culture and Education
3rd Vice Chair is Julie Ward (UK, Labour)
4th Vice Chair still not elected.
Positions still open
Committee on Foreign Affairs: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Vice-Chairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: the 3rd Vice-Chair
Committee on Constitutional Affairs: the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Vice-Chairs
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Georg Ebner
Non-Aligned
Roman romantic reactionary Catholic
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Post by Georg Ebner on Jul 26, 2019 5:44:06 GMT
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